I am the moon's two spirit child / activist born between bordered river / creator of quakes in white supremacist's throat / generational wisdom keeper of receipts / organized Indian storytelling revolutionary existence / liberation of singing tongue once silenced - I am not silent

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I am the moon's two spirit child / activist born between bordered river / creator of quakes in white supremacist's throat / generational wisdom keeper of receipts / organized Indian storytelling revolutionary existence / liberation of singing tongue once silenced - I am not silent /

My work is rooted in my lived experience as an Indigenous Queer activist - poetry and education are the vessels for liberation that I breathe into community spaces.

Maxochitl Cortez is a queer Indigenous Resistance Artist, Educator, & Community Organizer - they use storytelling as a pathway for collective liberation.

They are a host with every.Word poetry, Educator with the Native American Cultural Center, & the Creative Director of Land Justice Community School. Their poetry can be found in Poetry Society New York’s Milk Press, Native Land Digital, B’K Magazine, and more. 

  • Multidisciplinary Artist

    • Spoken word poet and host, contact to book

    • Workshop Facilitator & Teaching artist - Zine education, poetry workshops for social justice, youth creative writing, queering poetry, & multimedia art

    • Journalism through storytelling - current events, lived experience, history, debunking western propaganda narratives

    • Content Creator for social change

  • Event Curator, Community Building

    • Mutual aid (Fundraised over $6k in 2026 Indigenous communities and individuals impacted by ICE)

    • Community workshops,(zines, productions)

    • Community Vigils, Healing circles, and grief circles

    • Queer BIPOC gatherings

    • Cultural arts and education events

  • Key Note Speaker, Panelist

    • Indigenous rights (MMIW, Repatriation, Art & Storytelling, etc.)

    • Free Speech, Higher education, and Public education K-12 advocacy

    • Domestic Violence

  • Political & organizing education

    • Political education & organizing strategy rooted in abolitionist and liberation principles

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